[NTLK] NewtHack

[Perley Mears]

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Perley

Perley Mears
perley at mears.us


On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 1:24 PM Matthias Melcher <m.melcher at robowerk.de>
wrote:

>
>
> >> Howdy folks,
> >>
> >> Back in 1996-97 a fellow named Christopher Dopp created a very cool
> >> roguelike for Newtons called Newthack. He even created a sound package
> for
> >> it to really give the game some juice. You start with a character stats
> >> screen where you can re-roll your attributes before you start hackin'
> and
> >> slashin' your way through the dungeon of doom.
> >>
> >> The problem:
> >> The game found anywhere online is (of course) the shareware version.
> Once
> >> you complete Level 1, the game abruptly ends. You can only continue if
> you
> >> have a software key.
> >>
> >> That last version of NewtHack is 1.1.
>
> Have you tried looking at the .pkg file in a hex editor at address 0x177C,
> and change those bytes to 0x18 0x02 ? Please still send Christopher Dopp
> his $20. I think he earned them with this nice game.
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